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Pips for September 28 2025.

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Easy

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1 3 4 5 3 3 2 4

Numbers show the pips on each domino half in its solved position.

  1. 1–3: row 4, column 3 → row 4, column 2
  2. 4–5: row 2, column 2 → row 1, column 2
  3. 3–3: row 3, column 1 → row 4, column 1
  4. 2–4: row 3, column 2 → row 3, column 3

Medium

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5 4 4 1 2 6 6 5 1 6 5 5 3 3 0 6 6 6 0 1

Numbers show the pips on each domino half in its solved position.

  1. 5–4: row 1, column 1 → row 1, column 2
  2. 4–1: row 2, column 2 → row 3, column 2
  3. 2–6: row 6, column 5 → row 6, column 4
  4. 6–5: row 4, column 2 → row 4, column 1
  5. 1–6: row 3, column 3 → row 4, column 3
  6. 5–5: row 2, column 1 → row 3, column 1
  7. 3–3: row 3, column 4 → row 4, column 4
  8. 0–6: row 5, column 5 → row 5, column 4
  9. 6–6: row 5, column 3 → row 6, column 3
  10. 0–1: row 5, column 6 → row 6, column 6

Hard

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3 1 5 1 6 0 0 5 0 0 3 3 0 4 4 2 0 3 1 1 0 1 2 0 6 6

Numbers show the pips on each domino half in its solved position.

  1. 3–1: row 1, column 4 → row 1, column 3
  2. 5–1: row 3, column 2 → row 3, column 1
  3. 6–0: row 3, column 4 → row 2, column 4
  4. 0–5: row 2, column 3 → row 2, column 2
  5. 0–0: row 5, column 6 → row 5, column 7
  6. 3–3: row 5, column 3 → row 6, column 3
  7. 0–4: row 4, column 7 → row 3, column 7
  8. 4–2: row 2, column 5 → row 1, column 5
  9. 0–3: row 3, column 3 → row 4, column 3
  10. 1–1: row 4, column 1 → row 5, column 1
  11. 0–1: row 6, column 5 → row 6, column 4
  12. 2–0: row 6, column 7 → row 6, column 6
  13. 6–6: row 2, column 6 → row 3, column 6
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